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Mercury Retrograde Taurus April 9 – May 3, 2017

April 9, 2017 By Jacqueline

Mercury’s retrograde journey through Taurus reflects our thought process around material values and financial concerns. The usual retrograde caveats apply: pay attention to details, scrutinize contracts, back up your computer. Fix what needs fixin’! Mercury backs into Aries on April 20 to recover details we missed when Mercury charged through the first time. <sigh> We can get impatient, discouraged and angry with this tedious retrograde!

The gift is in cultivating awareness of beauty, sensuality and sacred pleasure in our lives. Is that so awful? Conscious breath, meditation, yoga, music, dance and all forms of artistic expression and appreciation are enhanced. Reorientation of our personal values may call us outdoors to awaken our fertile minds through connection with nature. Where is your attention? There is more than meets the eye.

The retrograde in an earth element brings inquiry to our practical reality and the value of the material world. This includes finances, our physical needs for comfort and all that comprises life on this precious earth in our precious bodies.

Note – April 19 is when Mercury is at its closest to the Earth. This is the Inferior Conjunction of the Sun. Be aware of what arises to your attention, what is revealed. Look to where 1 degree of Taurus is located in your astrological chart for further clues.

We are sadly disconnected with our heritage of beauty wisdom. This passage of Mercury offers us another cycle to reclaim and appreciate our biological birthright. How are we caring for Mother Earth? The earth and we are one.

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Aries New Moon: Raw Power & Refinement

March 26, 2017 By Jacqueline

The question is not what you look at, but what you see… To perceive freshly, with fresh senses is to be inspired.” Henry David Thoreau

Aries New Moon
March 27, 2017 7:57 pm PDT

Hesitation is not Aries’ suit.
Her style is a wild & willful leap,
a dynamic forward force into the world.
Consider now,
the hand of balance and restraint,
the willful stand of resistance
of Venus retrograde in Aries.*

We feel the urge, the itch,
the pressure to take the initiative,
break new ground and seize the day.
But there is a snag,
another delay,
yet another consideration.
This back and forth.
Something holding back.
Anger, irritation and burnout may arise.
Perhaps a sense of defeat or inadequacy.

Look to where balance is needed.
Efforts with diplomacy and cooperation.
Where is a safe place for frisky red Aries to run off-leash and play?
Ready or not, the immediacy of impulse propels us forward.
Stay strong and centered.
Take out the blame.
Invite Venus to the table
and serve her honey-dipped lighting bolts.

☽ Aries New Moon Inquiries ☼
What is the glaring shadow coupled with this fresh and lively new moon?
Do I need to re-focus my fire and assert myself?
How may I temper impatience to foster efficient action with kindness?

*Venus retrograde March 4 – April 15, 2017, conjunct Sun on March 25.

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Virgo Full Moon Patience & Compassion

March 11, 2017 By Jacqueline

What I know in my bones is that I forgot to take time to remember what I know. The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.”
Terry Tempest Williams

Virgo Full Moon
March 12, 2017 7:53 am PDT

Virgo Full Moon strives to make sense
and bring practical focus in the realm
of imagination and speculation.
The work is in the synthesis
of details and dreams,
discrimination and idealism.
Reality is relative.

Be patient with limitations.
Bring compassion to wounded memories.
Hold ground and center
within disarray and distraction.

The tedium of details must be dealt with
in order to move forward.
Patience. Slow down.
Breathe. Listen.

Assess what is realistic.
Allow for the unexpected.
Be kind to yourself and others.
Forgive.
Accept Life’s Mystery.
Clean house.

☽ Virgo Full Moon Contemplations ☼
Where am I investing my attention?
What priorities need to be changed?
How may I make a difference and serve?

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Shanna DeWitt

During a Full Moon in Virgo, the Sun is in Pisces.
Read more about Virgo and Pisces on my Zodiac Quotes page!

Pisces Solar Eclipse

February 25, 2017 By Jacqueline

Dark moon eclipse
shadow bites the light.
The Spirit door is open,
surrender to not knowing.
Anything is possible now.

Eclipses dredge the past,
wrinkle the present,
dazzle and disrupt consensus reality.
Cosmic waters of chaos
at the confluence of awakening and mystery.

Buried dilemmas awaken
stories that challenge belief.
How may we accommodate the truth into our lives?

Dare to imagine
that you are exactly where you need to be.
Embody fearless compassion.
Dare to listen. Dare to envision.
Dare to take action.
Dare to sing YES to life.

The design of this time
challenges us to see the interconnection of all things.
Beyond our anxieties and fears
is the wisdom of our intuition.
There is no turning back. Life is present now.

☽ Pisces Solar Eclipse Contemplations ☼
What is my quiet voice saying?
How do I discern between intuition and illusion?
How may I translate intuition into action?

Pisces Solar Eclipse February 26, 2017 6:58 am PST

Mars conjunct Uranus in Aries February 26 4:19 pm PST

I got a lot out of my reading…you are very insightful! Like I mentioned, when we’re in the middle of turmoil, we can’t see the greater picture. It was good to get a view from the outside perspective. It brought me back to reality and made me realize that this is just another passage (necessary one at that) that I have to go through to become the person I’m meant to be. I may as well enjoy the ride!” Cathy Trainor

Invocation of the Lunar Eclipse in Leo

February 10, 2017 By Jacqueline

Bright moon mirror of radiant self love,
illuminate my heart with strength and fearlessness.
Give me the courage to dearly and deeply
love myself as I am right now
beyond the turbulence of over-thinking,
of regrets, anger, or despair
that cloud the sunshine of my heart.

A new shape of light emerges
from the eclipse shadows of doubt and fear.
Fiery lifeblood of Leo Full Moon:
divulge the denial
that cripples integrity, splits hearts from minds
and masquerades as Truth.

I breathe in courage
to expand my generous heart.
I renew devotion to my creativity –
to re-create attitudes and values
that engage inspired vitality,
inflame exuberant expression
and challenge uncertainty and anxiety.

May we all decipher the drama
of self destructive willfulness.
Unmask the unabashed innocence within
and welcome it’s tender curiosity,
unique perceptions and raw power
with all the largess of love we can muster.
May we realize the gifts of this Leo lunar eclipse
and share it with exuberant benevolence.

Invocation of the Lunar Eclipse in Leo
Leo Full Moon February 10, 2017 4:32 pm PST

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